Bizarre conversations with the council part 27b

[venta]

I just rang up Oxford city council to get us a new green-box to put the recycling in; ours has taken itself off somewhere on its own business.

So, the nice lady asked me for my postcode. I try to be helpful[*], so I spelt out the postcode in an O-for-Orange kind of way.

The following ensued:

Me: E for elephant.
NiceLady: Is that elephant or alephant ?
Me <too confused to answer sensibly>: Yes.
NiceLady: OK, elephant. What house number ?

Just.... eh?

[*]Yes, really. Sometimes I do.

Comments

[voratus.livejournal.com]

What about olifants?

[venta.livejournal.com]

S'pose that makes marginally more sense than alephant.

I wouldn't mind, but last time I tried saying "E-for-echo" in the approved phonetic alphabet manner, the person I was speaking to though I said "G-for-gecko".

Can't bloody win :(

[onebyone.livejournal.com]

You could try "A for 'orses", "B for mutton", "C for yourself", etc.